View Full Version : McAffee Knob Drop-off
Seen plenty of pictures of folks sitting with their feet dangling over the edge. How much of a drop-off is it at the edge? (Please excuse the extra "f" , McAfee was meant.):-?
It's not a huge drop, but enough to be lethal, I think. Here's (http://www.terrapinphoto.com/cpg143/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=108) the view looking out. You can see some tree tops just a few dozen feet out.
Lone Wolf
03-09-2008, 14:04
Seen plenty of pictures of folks sitting with their feet dangling over the edge. How much of a drop-off is it at the edge? (Please excuse the extra "f" , McAfee was meant.):-?
10-12 feet maybe
Lone Wolf
03-09-2008, 14:05
It's not a huge drop, but enough to be lethal, I think. Here's (http://www.terrapinphoto.com/cpg143/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=108) the view looking out. You can see some tree tops just a few dozen feet out.
nice bench
Jim Adams
03-09-2008, 14:09
nice bench
yeah! never noticed that bench before up there but those must be the tree tops that he mentioned...you know,....those 450' trees.:D
geek
saimyoji
03-09-2008, 14:11
View from the bench?
http://www.terrapinphoto.com/cpg143/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=106
I think the picture he meant was two before the bench, 107 of 117.
It is a very nice bench.
Lots of very nice photos. I'll bet the memories are twice as good.
Jack Tarlin
03-09-2008, 14:17
To get back to the original question, in that from McAfee you're looking DOWN on the tops of trees that are probably at least fifty feet high, I'd have to say the drop-off is a lot more than 10-12 feet. The fall might not kill you, but it'd sure ruin your day but good.
The photo in question is at this URL. It's labeled " FILE 109/117"
http://www.terrapinphoto.com/cpg143/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=108
The bench was near Audie Murphy monument. Damn, but I'd love to see more of those on the AT.
Lone Wolf
03-09-2008, 14:19
not directly below where people are photographed. it's only 10-12 feet
not directly below where people are photographed. it's only 10-12 feet
You know what's funny -- that place you're talking about, where the rock juts out horizontally over empty space -- is what I mistook to be "Dragons Tooth." So here I was at Dragon's Tooth, looking for that famous view and not finding it. I was pissed!!! A couple days later, I was asking around about that, I was told that it was McAfee, and then I was even more pissed at having missed it.... :o
Lots of very nice photos. I'll bet the memories are twice as good.
My favorite (http://www.terrapinphoto.com/cpg143/displayimage.php?album=13&pos=48) photo. Well, not really. But funny. ;)
max patch
03-09-2008, 18:14
The view OF McAfee Knob is better than the FROM McAfee Knob.
Elevation is 3,520.
climberdave
03-09-2008, 18:52
The drop is around 20 to maybe 40ft but the ground rolls off from the base so it feels higher. It is a very nice view as is tinker cliffs across the way. Dragon's tooth is also quite lovely but requires some spunk to climb to the very top for the best view.
GrubbyJohn
04-05-2009, 15:29
was never more happy to see a bench in my life than to see that one.the climb up to it was a mother. and then there it was. thank you.
You may hit the ground soon after falling off the edge, but then a 1000 foot tumble would ensue.
callook66
06-05-2009, 07:01
its not the fall that kills you. its the... well... ok, its the fall that kills you.
I did this section last week. The sign at the valley floor at the parking lot/trailhead says 2000 feet. The sign at McAfee Knob says 3,197 feet. I took this short video walking up to and looking down over the edge. (I have long arms)..
here's a link to my photobucket:
http://gs161.photobucket.com/groups/t229/IETADZTULB/?action=view¤t=P5240089.flv
Ramble~On
06-05-2009, 23:53
I was there yesterday and posted some photos on TJ
[email protected] I'll post some photos to WB as soon as ui get a card reader. the drop from the rock would kill you.
Rockhound
06-06-2009, 08:42
If you are really in a big hurry to get to the "Homeplace", you can jump and just grab tree branches on the way down to slow your ascent. Ya'll saw Rambo right?
Omega Man
01-25-2010, 15:25
So ... has anybody ever heard stories of somebody maybe getting blown off the precipice? Or simply getting too close and taking a header? What about the edges of the rock breaking away? Will it hold a 225lb guy? It's one of those places I look forward to seeing, and I want somebody to take a picture of me looking all heroic as I gaze out, but I'm so NOT a heights guy.
Four places are gonna be a real gut-check for me on my thru-hike. Mcafee Knob, that fire tower they let you climb up, Dragon's tooth, and walkin' the knife edge. For me, it's gonna be a real butt-clencher, but I'm not one to let my fears get in the way of a great adventure and memory.
Jester2000
01-25-2010, 15:32
its not the fall that kills you. its the... well... ok, its the fall that kills you.
Actually, it's usually not the fall that kills you, but rather the rapid deceleration at the end.
FritztheCat
01-25-2010, 18:15
Four places are gonna be a real gut-check for me on my thru-hike. Mcafee Knob, that fire tower they let you climb up, Dragon's tooth, and walkin' the knife edge. For me, it's gonna be a real butt-clencher, but I'm not one to let my fears get in the way of a great adventure and memory.
I've been to Mcafee's Knob and Dragon's Tooth. I would say the drop off is a couple of hundred feet. It looks far higher than it actually is. Still, would be a lethal fall I imagine.
Dragon's Tooth was very cool. Easy climb up the rockface but a little hairy coming down, at least for me.
I've attached a couple of photos. One is me on the knob and the other is of a couple of hikers sitting on the "tooth."
ChinMusic
05-21-2010, 12:47
Pic of my buddy Hyway taken TODAY and sent via Facebook. I still can't get over these near real-time updates.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs658.snc3/32530_400264237043_604147043_4073977_5782941_n.jpg
D'Artagnan
05-21-2010, 14:07
I stood NEAR the edge but just didn't have the nerve to sit and dangle my legs over the edge. (The photos/videos of folks going up and coming down the cables at Half Dome in Yosemite have always made my palms sweat.)
ChinMusic
05-21-2010, 14:10
I stood NEAR the edge but just didn't have the nerve to sit and dangle my legs over the edge. (The photos/videos of folks going up and coming down the cables at Half Dome in Yosemite have always made my palms sweat.)
I'm of the same camp.
I can't see myself sitting like that but it will be a game-day decision.
Blissful
05-21-2010, 21:35
Wow he's close! I did dangle my legs, but barely
tnwolf51
05-22-2010, 08:20
no its not the fall that kills ya its the sudden stop at the bottom
Graywolf
05-24-2010, 02:13
no its not the fall that kills ya its the sudden stop at the bottom
Are you still debating that? Your dead!!! Period!! Dosnt matter how you felled....But then, you could always just bounce...:D
jarofkla
04-21-2015, 13:56
Well these descriptions make the Knob sound very exciting, can't wait to see it for myself this Memorial Day weekend. I'll see if I can get my feet over the edge.